Necklace



E. L. RICHARDS.

NECKLACE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1920.

1 375,176. vPatented Apr. 19, 1921.

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NECKLACE.

App1i cation filed November 5, 1920. Serial No. 421,975.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, EDWIN L. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Necklace, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to necklaces of that type utilizing beads, one of the objects being to mount the beads on wire links of novel construction which can be assembled readily. during the process of manufacture and which will not only be more durable than necklaces mounted on cords or threads but will also permit the beads to be spaced apart at desired intervals so as to increase the possibilities of ornamentation.

With the'foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear as the. description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made by the inventor without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a necklace constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a section through one of the beads and showing the link on which it is mounted.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of another form, of link, showing several beads in section thereon.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the clasp of the necklace.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates beads which can be graduated in size and can be of any desired color or configuration. Each of the beads has-an opening 2 extending therethrough for the reception of a wire 3 the end portions of which are folded or bent inwardly and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

ofthe necklace or, if preferred, can be com- I ferred in the necklace, it being understood that the elongated eyes 8 engage the elongated eyes on the adjoining links.

The end links of the necklace form the clasp members and differ from the links or wires 3 and 7 in that the wires are ex tended beyond the beads as shown particularly in Fig. 4. By referring to this figure it will be noted that one of the wires 7 is bent to form an elongated enlarged'e'ye 10 while the wire of the other end link has an elongated eye or loop 11 which is folded on itself to form a hook 12 insertible through the eye 10. The width of the free end of the hook is slightly greater than the width of the opening in the eye 10 so that when the parts are positioned as shown in Fig. 4 it is not possible for the hook 12 to become disengaged from the eye 10. By swinging the hook 12 at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 1, however, the

said hook can be withdrawn from the eye,

as will be obvious.

It is to be understood of course that the necklace can be made entirely of the wires 3 and beads 1 or entirely of the wires 7 and I the beads 6 or can be formed of any desiredv combinations of these two' structures. If

the necklace is made up solely of the wires 3 the terminal eyes would be shaped to agree with the showing in Fig. .4. Where wires 7 are used in the construction of the necklace the beads can be arranged thereon in any numbers and proportions so as to produce any artistic effect desired.

Importance is attached to the fact that the eyes 8 are elongated slightly as this prevents the links from catching over each other or kinking.

What is claimed is 1. A necklace comprising a plurality of wire linkshaving terminal eyes or loops and beads upon the links and held against movement longitudinally thereof by the ends of the wires forming the links, the eye or loop at the free end of one of the terminal links being bent to form a hook, the eye or loop at the free end of the other terminal link being proportioned to receive said hook.

2. A necklace including a plurality of Wire links each including a straight intermediate portion, a terminal eye at each end,

and a coil back of each eye and extending around the straight portion, and a plurality of beads mounted on the straight portion of the Wire and held against longitudinal displacement by the coil, the eyes of each link interfitting loosely with the eyes 01": the adjoining links.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto affixed my signa ture in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

EDWIN L. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

TINUs O. NoRDAHL, IVY M. PARKER. 

